Superintendent's Newsletter

  Dear Douglas Community,  Happy New Year to everyone. I have a lot of information to share this week so I do apologize for the length of this message. Thank you for taking the time to read this to the end. State Of The Schools I have asked each of the Principals and Ms. Urquhart to present to families a State of the Schools report in early February. This will highlight what we have done to date and where we are going for the remainder of the school year. These presentations will be about one hour in length with the first 30 minutes being the presentation and the last 30 for questions from families. The following are the dates and times and Zoom links will be sent out shortly. DPS 2/10 @630 DES 2/9 @545 DMS 2/8 @ 630 DHS 2/11 TBD OSSS 2/8 @ 630 COVID Data Attached is a link to our COVID Dashboard. This is updated every week and I have revamped and added some new information from previous weeks. The numbers locally and in the state have fluctuated from last week to this week. Using some

  Dear Douglas Community,  Good afternoon, I hope that the beginning of a new year finds each of you healthy and safe. I hope everyone had some time off and was able to relax and enjoy time at home. Tomorrow, we will return to school in a hybrid model. I want to continue to remind everyone that we each play a key role in making certain the schools stay open for our students. Please continue to follow the safety protocols that are in place and remember that if you are not feeling good or are living with someone that is symptomatic to please stay home. The numbers in Douglas, both in the schools and in the community, are lower than when we left for break. However I am not naive to the fact that this could change very quickly. Please err on the side of caution over the next few weeks as it is our desire to stay open as long as possible. We will continue to review the data daily and make any adjustments to our learning environment as necessary. Over vacation I received word of some new cas